Icknield Way Camp
Charles S. Brownlow
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1937
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
238 x 339 mm
Place of origin
Buckinghamshire
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515882
Summary
Oil painting on board, Icknield Way Camp by Charles S. Brownlow 1937. Landscape, the Icknield Way shown by a pale blue pathway running from bottom left to centre back, fields on either side, with a brown verge on the right of the Way, distant view with trees on the horizon and some covered haystacks on the centre right. Blue cloudy sky. The Icknield Way claims to be the oldest road in Britain, extending from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Norfolk. It consists of pre-Roman even prehistoric pathways. There are a number of archaeological sites found at irregular intervals. The Icknield Way used to form part of the boundary between Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, and at one time Royston was cut in two by this boundary. Royston is where the Icknield Way crosses Ermine Street. The Way may be named for the Iceni tribe of ancient Britain, who may have established this route to permit trade with other parts of the country from their base in East Anglia.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Charles S. Brownlow, artist